Oddity Archive

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Microbroadcasting (or, Oddity Archive goes Part 15)
Episode overview
16, 2015
The Archive is back on YouTube! But, not without (desperately) seeking out some alternatives in the meantime.
4x2
Stereo Test Records (or, The Official Archive Stereo Test)
Episode overview
30, 2015
Today's burning question: Is it pronounced "stare-eo" or "steer-eo"?
4x3
Nanny Boxes (TV Content Filters)
Episode overview
13, 2015
Naughty words WITHOUT Oddity Archive® – 22 Naughty words WITH Oddity Archive® – 21
4x4
LaserKaraoke vol. 3 (& VCD Karaoke vol. 1)
Episode overview
27, 2015
The 3rd annual Archive LaserKaraoke Party is on (sort of)!
4x5
CB Radio (or, Gonna Blow Your Doors In, Chicken Inspector!)
Episode overview
10, 2015
Breaker for a short-short. This is the Oddity Archive. What's yer handle, good buddy?
4x6
VHS Vault vol. 7 (It's my Party and I'll sigh if I want to)
Episode overview
24, 2015
Oddity Archive®: Also available for birthday parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs.
4x7
Record Rip-Offs vol. 5 (Pickwick: Picked Over)
Episode overview
08, 2015
Recently, we came into a small jackpot of Pickwick albums. Given this label's long-standing history with the Archive, it only seemed appropriate to devote an entire episode to the king of all "drugstore" labels.
4x8
Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder (Halloween Special 2015)
Episode overview
22, 2015
Oddity Archive: Now in high-pile carpetvision!
4x9
VCR Ephemera
Episode overview
05, 2015
VCR Ephemera, or, Oddity Archive for beginners.
4x10
Action Max (VHS Video Game Console)
Episode overview
19, 2015
I got a message from the Action Max. “I’m crappy. Hope you’re crappy, too.”
4x11
Prehistoric Pay-Per-View
Episode overview
03, 2015
You wanted a history lesson, you got a history lesson. Hope you don't mind a really, really long slideshow.
4x12
Ben's Holiday Grab Bag (Christmas Special 2015)
Episode overview
17, 2015
The Oddity Archive fills your stocking with Holiday Cheer.* *your mileage may vary
4x13
VCR Rabbit (or, Microbroadcasting Vol. 2)
Episode overview
31, 2015
The donations were multiplying like, well—rabbits. I figured y’all were trying to tell me something…
4x14
Capacitance Electronic Discs (or, CED's)
Episode overview
07, 2016
Movies pressed on records? Should've waited 'til the 21st century (the hipsters would eat it up).
4x15
VHS Vault Vol. 8 (More VCR Games!)
Episode overview
21, 2016
Lots of effort for little (or no) reward? Sounds about right for the Archive.
4x16
Prevue Channel(s)
Episode overview
04, 2016
The Oddity Archive® keeps you up to date with what’s hot—as long as the system doesn’t crash—again.
4x17
Airline Safety Videos
Episode overview
18, 2016
Dramamine? Check. Airsick bag? Check. My confidence? Nope.
4x18
Ham Radio (A Beginner’s Perspective)
Episode overview
03, 2016
…or, Ben vs. another expensive hobby. Or, Ben cures the hams. Or, Ben’s already a total ham. Why make it worse?
4x19
Calibration & Test Laserdiscs
Episode overview
17, 2016
The Oddity Archive® strives to provide the best and latest in home theater tune-ups. They still make laserdiscs, right?
4x20
Adult Party Albums
Episode overview
31, 2016
The most risqué episode of Archive since…the last one.
4x21
Disposable DVD's (DIVX & Flexplay)
Episode overview
14, 2016
The Archive attempts to preserve some (intentionally) disposable culture. It was inevitable.
4x22
Commodore 64
Episode overview
28, 2016
It’s the 100th episode of the Archive and the expectations are high. Guess we better do something good and commercial.
4x23
VHS Vault Vol. 9 (Your New Computer & You)
Episode overview
12, 2016
Can you really become “techno-hip” all because of a computer chip?
4x24
VHS Game Consoles Vol. 2 (Captain Power & Interactive Vision)
Episode overview
26, 2016
It’s been a long and difficult season. Let’s end it with something fun (if I can figure out how to assemble these toys, that is).

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